meaning of handle
1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through ones hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
5. To deal with; to make a business of.
6. To treat; to use, well or ill.
7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
9. To use the hands.
10. That part of vessels, instruments, etc. , which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
11. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
12. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good
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Related Words
handle | handle with kid gloves | handle-bars | handleable | handlebar | handled | handleless | handler | handless |
